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-F. auricularia, the forceps are flattened and contiguous at the 

 base in the male and diverge afterwards. 



FORFICTJLA CORIACEA, Sp. n. 



Long. corp. 11 millim. ; segm. ult. cum forcip. 3 millim. 



Female. Eufo-testaceous ; head dark reddish brown : tegmina 

 and wings purplish brown, except the base of the former ; tips of 

 front femora and all the tibiae and tarsi brown, as is also the 

 scape of the antennae (the rest wanting) ; last two segments of 

 the abdomen shining black above, beneath more inclining to red- 

 dish ; forceps black, with a pale spot at the base of each, and the 

 tips inclining to reddish ; the latter are simple, slightly incurved 

 and upturned. The insect is set with short hairs and is finely 

 coriaceous. The second segment of the abdomen is laterally 

 tuberculate, and the terminal segment is unusually long, and its 

 upper extremity ends in a concave carina. 



Hah. Sierra Leone. 



A peculiar species, not closely allied to any other, and easily 

 recognizable by the dark head and apical segments. 



rORFICULA PICTA, Sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 8-9 millim. ; segm. ult. cum forcip. 2-3 millim. 



Antennae chocolate-brown, scape yellow ; head yellow (choco- 

 late-brown above in the male); tegmina obliquely divided, the 

 basal and outer half being yellow and the inner and hinder half 

 chocolate-brown ; pectus, legs, and wings wholly yellow ; abdo- 

 men reddish-chocolate ; forceps of male widened and contiguous 

 at base, gradually curving beyond to meet at the tips, unarmed ; 

 those of the female contiguous throughout and crossing at the 

 tips ; pronotum slightly longer than broad, rounded behind ; 

 abdomen moderately punctured, the 2nd and 3rd segments 

 tuberculate. 



Hah. Zululand. 



TORFICULA PLANICOLLIS, Sp. n. 



Long. corp. 11 millim. ; segm. ult. cum forcip. 4 millim. 



Female. Head and abdomen castaneous ; pronotum black, the 

 lateral margins, tegmina, and wings testaceous ; abdomen thickly 

 and coarsely punctured ; forceps rather long, subcontiguous, 

 nearly straight, but meeting at the tips. 



Hah. North India. 



Allied to F. auricularia, Linn. 



